AMHERST — A 16-year-old was cited and another juvenile was transported to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after an accident June 3 on Baumhart Road.
According to State Highway Patrol Trooper Andrew Perez, the 16-year-old driver was traveling south of the Ohio Turnpike on Baumhart Road at 7:06 a.m. when he fell asleep at the wheel.
The driver veered off of the side of the road in a 2003 Ford Explorer, Perez said, and then over-corrected which caused him to go left of center, striking a 2010 Dodge Caravan driven by David Treadway, 67, of Amherst head-on.
Perez said Treadway attempted to avoid the Explorer as it approached his lane by swerving into the opposite lane, causing the vehicles’ passenger sides to collide.
“When the red caravan noticed he was going to collide with the Explorer, he swerved to the left to try and avoid it and ended up clipping the Explorer’s passenger side,” the trooper said.
In the vehicle with Treadway were his 15- and 13-year-old grandchildren who were on their way to school, Perez said. Both suffered injuries as a result of the accident, he said.
Treadway’s 13-year-old grandson was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center by LifeCare for treatment of a laceration, Perez said. The 15-year-old was flown by LifeFlight to MetroHealth for treatment of a fractured leg, he said. Treadway suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the Explorer was cited for traveling left of center, Perez said. He was not injured in the accident.